KNG1

kininogen 1

Summary

This gene uses alternative splicing to generate two different proteins- high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK) and low molecular weight kininogen (LMWK). HMWK is essential for blood coagulation and assembly of the kallikrein-kinin system. Also, bradykinin, a peptide causing numerous physiological effects, is released from HMWK. Bradykinin also functions as an antimicrobial peptide with antibacterial and antifungal activity. In contrast to HMWK, LMWK is not involved in blood coagulation. Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reduces or depletes angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which results in an increase in levels of des-Arg(9)-bradykinin, a bioactive metabolite of bradykinin that is associated with lung injury and inflammation. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2020]

Known Variants84 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs37742923:186,433,574A/C
rs104400563:186,433,822C/A
rs104399703:186,433,932T/C
rs104400573:186,434,108G/C
rs1880960673:186,434,478C/Gupstream gene variant
rs38066883:186,434,819T/Cupstream gene variant
rs15791077193:186,435,247T/Anot provided
rs1455331843:186,435,401G/Auncertain significance
rs3750591823:186,435,458A/Cuncertain significance
rs7668584713:186,435,462A/Guncertain significance
rs1996082673:186,435,490G/Alikely benign
rs7552475333:186,435,493T/Guncertain significance
rs1864095943:186,435,497T/Guncertain significance
rs130953383:186,435,583T/Cintron variant
rs18516653:186,436,398A/C
rs50299803:186,437,944T/Cbenign
rs24738756193:186,438,006T/Apathogenic
rs26891973:186,438,346C/Tregulatory region variant
rs24738790973:186,440,229A/Tuncertain significance
rs7727107073:186,440,242C/Tuncertain significance
rs14698593:186,440,243G/Abenign
rs3694218083:186,440,269C/Tlikely benign
rs7772849433:186,440,293C/Auncertain significance
rs7706091863:186,440,302T/Guncertain significance
rs16569153:186,441,823A/T
rs15791167633:186,442,906G/Alikely benign
rs21086230613:186,442,945C/Guncertain significance
rs11755647403:186,442,973G/Auncertain significance
rs1219181313:186,445,047C/Tstop gainedpathogenic
rs1441236483:186,445,048G/Auncertain significance
rs23044563:186,445,052G/Tbenign
rs7635353263:186,445,107C/Guncertain significance
rs1910315423:186,446,737C/Tintron variant
rs1855282453:186,446,854A/Gintron variant
rs50300353:186,447,525G/Aintron variant
rs50300443:186,449,122A/C
rs9207525613:186,449,340G/Auncertain significance
rs7495866283:186,449,364A/Glikely benign
rs7604232413:186,449,372T/Guncertain significance
rs7614969083:186,449,379C/Tpathogenic
rs24738968273:186,449,388T/Guncertain significance
rs2010057983:186,449,408C/Tlikely benign
rs1503406943:186,449,421A/Glikely benign
rs5353536373:186,450,429T/Guncertain significance
rs1475524873:186,450,441A/Guncertain significance
rs11843074973:186,450,444T/Auncertain significance
rs50300493:186,450,863T/Cintron variant
rs46867993:186,451,236T/Cintron variant
rs7104483:186,452,885A/Gintron variant
rs50300623:186,454,180A/Cintron variant
rs12908960203:186,456,892T/Guncertain significance
rs7733716653:186,456,943C/Guncertain significance
rs2006331843:186,456,969G/Auncertain significance
rs3775941843:186,456,996G/Apathogenic
rs5678190503:186,457,131C/Tlikely benign
rs13014918903:186,457,148T/Auncertain significance
rs7621836063:186,457,184A/Guncertain significance
rs50300813:186,458,910G/Adownstream gene variant
rs50300823:186,458,949A/T
rs6980783:186,459,227A/Gdownstream gene variant
rs7659335583:186,459,321T/Apathogenic
rs7524119963:186,459,350C/Tpathogenic
rs15791318393:186,459,351G/Tuncertain significance
rs7561180243:186,459,356T/Cuncertain significance
rs24739132053:186,459,374A/Guncertain significance
rs14012959263:186,459,387C/Tuncertain significance
rs3716216293:186,459,389G/Auncertain significance
rs5533308953:186,459,419G/Auncertain significance
rs7676316743:186,459,439T/Clikely benign
rs3767681103:186,459,465G/Alikely benign
rs2000559613:186,459,530C/Tuncertain significance
rs3771852253:186,459,589G/Cuncertain significance
rs7466889363:186,459,594G/Tuncertain significance
rs11887971503:186,459,615T/Guncertain significance
rs13962274793:186,459,616C/Tlikely benign
rs50300853:186,459,646A/Gbenign
rs50300863:186,459,775C/Tbenign
rs24739140973:186,459,803G/Auncertain significance
rs13692533423:186,459,905C/Gpathogenic
rs7104463:186,459,927T/Cmissense variant
rs24739145963:186,459,995T/Auncertain significance
rs7601918863:186,460,031G/Auncertain significance
rs764389383:186,461,524T/Cbenign
rs7513710163:186,461,548C/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.